Corn-husker.



PATBNTED SEPT. 22, 190s. Hg GoAD & W. G. MILLER- CORN HUSKBR.A

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 17, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

me uonms versus co. Pnaouwo.. wAsnmurou. n. c.

No. raasee.

Patented september 22, 190e.

j UNITEDV STAT-ES PATENT OFFICE.

l HENRY COAD AND WILLIAM G. MILLER, OF AINSWORTILL'NEBRASKA.

-ooRN-Huskee.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,390, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed December 1'7J 1902. SerialNo. 135,629. (No model.) v

i has for its object to providea simple inexpensive device of this character adapted for vapplication to the wrist or forearm of a person, so as to leave the hand entirely free, and

which may be used with equal facility onVY either arm.

A further object of the invention is to provide a huskerwith an upwardly-extending curved flange arranged on each side of a longitudinally-disposedoverhanging hook which allows perfect freedom of the hand Without the liability of coming in contact with the hook and alsoforms a means for spreading the husks as they are cut or torn by the hook.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l 'is a perspective view of the present device applied to the forearm of an operator. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 3n is a transverse section taken on the line 3 3`of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 4,4.- of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l indicates a Wristband, made of any suitable material, preferably leather, having buckles 2 and straps 3, attached, respectively, to the opposite ends thereof and by means of which the husker is attached to the arm of the operator. Secured to the Wristband l by means of rivets 4 or other suitable fastening devices is a metal plated', preferably rectangular in' shapeYA and slightly bowed, asr

shown at 5, sopas to'conformto the' shape ofthe arm. l One end of the plate 4; is bent to form an upwardly-extending curved ange 6, having rounded end portions 7. Projecting from the flange 6 at a point intermediate of in the presence of two its ends and formed integral therewith is anl out with the right hand and draws the same back, so that the hook pierces the' husks, and the husks coming in contact with the front edge of the ange 6 spreads them, thus expos-v ing the ear. When this is done, the vfingersl are in a position to grasp the exposed ear, and it can then be easily detached from the husks.

Various changes in form, proportions, and minor details of construction maybe `resorted to without departing from the principle or sacricing any of the vadvantages of the invention. i

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A corn-husker comprising a Wristband, a plate secured thereto, one end of said plate being curvedupwardly and inwardly to form a spreading-flange land provided with a longitudinally-disposed overhanging hook.

2. A corn-husker comprising a Wristband, a plate secured thereto, one end of said plate being curved upwardly and inwardly to form a spreading-Hange extending the entire Width of the plate and provided with a centrallydisposed overhanging longitudinal hook.

3. A corn-husker comprising a Wristband, a curved plate secured-thereto, one end of said plate being curved upwardly and inwardly to form a spreading-liange and a 1ongitudinally-disposed overhanging integral hook projecting from the ange, said hook being rounded at its junction with the ange.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto aftixedour signatures Witnesses. HENRY., GOAD. WM. G. MILLER. Witnesses:

C. W. POTTER, C. O. MURPHY. 

